All Entries Tagged With: "Maurice Ravel"

Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival 2008 Highlights

Roughly five hours drive from the Southern Ontario conglomeration that is Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, London, Toronto etc, Ottawa is a bit of a hike. Miss Mussel did consider using ad revenue to fund her trip but then discovered that the $10.42 she has earned since July 2007 would only get her as far as Milton….or [...]

Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges Video

Here’s the whole opera done as a ballet by Jiri Kylian, the Nederlands Dans Theater, Orchestra National de Paris and Lorin Maazel. Thanks to Gymnopedist on YouTube for uploading the performance.

Quiz #12: L’enfant et les Sortilèges

Quiz #12: Clue Two

Another selection has been added to the player. Here are some additional clues:
1) The moral of the story is that being nice is better than being petulant.
2) One of the characters is a squirrel.
3) The composer started many other operas but only completed one other.

Quiz #12: Clue One

Holy forgot to post the clues Batman! Miss Mussel is blaming jetlag. A new track has been added to help you on your quest to be the champion of Quiz #12.
Here, at long last, are the clues for today. If you’re reading from Yurp, you’ll probably get two days worth with your [...]

Quiz #12: Calling All Opera Fans

This week’s selection starts out with a bang, so you may want to have your hand on the volume knob if you’re in a public place. On second thought, it could be kind of fun to see everyone in the computer lab jump at once.
Send a note with the composer, name of aria, name of [...]

Quiz #9: The Day You’ve All Been Waiting For

[Drumroll] The Super Ultimate Winner of OM Quiz #9 is none other than Roger Miller. Unless the intertubes exist in the afterlife, it’s probably not this Roger Miller but nevermind.